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To: R Citrenbaum who wrote (493)	10/30/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: Mahatmabenfoo	Respond to of 932

I don't know to what extent SCKT's fate is tied to WinCE's fate -- at least some of SCKT's cards, after all, work with Win95; and couldn't SCKT make cards for the Palm OS if it wanted to? But then why doesn't it want to? The article below says Palm is getting stronger -- and is or soon will be 80% of the market. - Charles ===== dailynews.yahoo.com Yahoo! News Technology Headlines <EXCERPT> Friday October 29 11:37 PM EDT CE losing Palm arm wrestle Carmen Nobel, ZDNet Microsoft Corp. can't seem to get a grip on handheld computing. As the Palm OS continues to grow in popularity, some handheld hardware makers are abandoning rival Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows CE. To compound matters, the Redmond, Wash., company is falling short in its efforts to simplify an operating system that developers say is too complex for palm-size devices. The next version of CE for palm-size devices, which comprises CE 3.0 and an additional software layer, is in early testing and is likely to miss Microsoft's initial target to ship by year's end. * * * Last month, consumer electronics giant Philips Mobile Computing Group, of Campbell, Calif., announced it was dropping its Nino line of CE devices, saying it wasn't satisfied with the market and wanted to focus on smart phones. * * * As Microsoft struggles with CE, the Palm OS from 3Com's Palm Computing division has become the hands-down favorite in the palm-size market. Palm OS is expected to grab 80 percent of the market for palm-size PCs this year, according to International Data Corp., in Framingham, Mass., while Microsoft's market share will remain stagnant at about 13 percent.